3. The Commissioning Of The Bridge Was Tafawa Balewa’s Last Public Function: After its completion, the bridge was commissioned by the then Prime Minister late Tafawa Balewa and opened for traffic in December 1965.

The commissioning of the bridge was the last public function of the Prime Minister before his assassination on January 15, 1966 military coup.

4. The Bridge Was Destroyed During The Biafran War: According to Wikipedia, during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 - 1970, in an attempt to halt the Nigerian military advance, retreating Biafran soldiers destroyed the River Niger Bridge at Onitsha, trapping the Nigerians on the other side of the river.

During President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration, the bridge was rehabilitated by replacing two spans on the Onitsha end of the Bridge that was damaged during the civil war with a fourteen-foot wide bailey.

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